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Directed by | Stephen Frears |
Screenplay by | John Hodge |
Based on | Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh |
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Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
Edited by | Valerio Bonelli |
Music by | Alex Heffes |
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Distributed by | StudioCanal |
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Running time | 103 minutes[1] |
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Language | English |
Box office | $3.3 million[2] |
The Program (working title, Icon) is a 2015 biographical drama film about Lance Armstrong directed by Stephen Frears, starring Ben Foster as Armstrong[3] and Chris O'Dowd as journalist David Walsh.[4]
The film is based on Walsh's 2012 book, Seven Deadly Sins.[5] It premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival 14 September 2015, and was theatrically released in France 16 September and the United Kingdom 14 October.